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Make the Workplace Safer: Nurses and Workers in Direct Patient Care

Submitted by Paul Cohen on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 14:42
Tool Type
Checklists
Format
PDF
Topics
Workplace Safety
wps_patient care_checklist.pdf

A hands-on checklist of 30 potential hazards computer users and nurses and patient care teams may encounter on the job--with advice on how to spot hazards, propose solutions and take steps to eliminate risks.

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Six pages, 8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Workplace safety co-leads, safety committee members, safety champions and frontline workers and supervisors

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This checklist of 30 potential workplace hazards can help safety leaders and patient care workers conduct onsite walk-throughs, identify safety risks, propose solutions and make sure any problems identified are resolved.

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Make the Workplace Safer: Material and Supplies Management

Submitted by Paul Cohen on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 14:23
Tool Type
Checklists
Format
PDF
Topics
Workplace Safety
wps_supplies_checklist.pdf

A hands-on checklist of 32 potential hazards materials and supply teams may encounter on the job—with advice on how to spot hazards, propose solutions and take steps to eliminate risks.

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Make the Workplace Safer: Material and Supplies Management

Format:
PDF

Size:
Six pages, 8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Workplace safety co-leads, safety committee members, safety champions and frontline workers and supervisors

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This checklist of 32 potential workplace hazards can help safety leaders and supply team members conduct walk-throughs, identify safety risks, propose solutions and resolve problems.

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Make the Workplace Safer: Imaging Tech Staff

Submitted by Paul Cohen on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 18:06
Tool Type
Checklists
Format
PDF
Keywords
imaging
Topics
Workplace Safety
wps_imaging_checklist

A hands-on checklist of 30 potential hazards imaging tech workers may encounter on the job—with advice on how to spot hazards, propose solutions and take steps to eliminate risks.

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Tool landing page copy (reporters)

Format:
PDF

Size:
Six pages, 8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Workplace safety co-leads, safety committee members, safety champions and frontline workers and supervisors

Best used:
This 30-item checklist can help safety leaders and imaging team members conduct walk-throughs, identify safety risks, propose solutions and ensure problems are resolved.

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Make the Workplace Safer: Food Service Workers

Submitted by Paul Cohen on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 17:53
Tool Type
Checklists
Format
PDF
Topics
Workplace Safety
wps_food service_checklist

This hands-on checklist identifies 32 safety hazards food service workers may encounter--and shows how workplace safety leaders and workers can take steps to eliminate them.

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Tool landing page copy (reporters)

Format:
PDF

Size:
Six pages, 8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Workplace safety co-leads, safety committee members, safety champions and frontline workers and supervisors

Best used:
This checklist of 32 potential hazards can help safety leaders and team members conduct onsite walk-throughs, identify safety risks in food service units—and make sure problems are resolved.

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Make the Workplace Safer: Environmental Services

Submitted by Paul Cohen on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 17:13
Tool Type
Checklists
Topics
Workplace Safety
wps_environmental services_checklist

A hands-on checklist of 33 potential hazards Environmental Services workers may encounter on the job—with advice on how to spot hazards, propose solutions and take steps to eliminate risks.

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Make the Workplace Safer: Environmental Services

Format:
PDF

Size:
Six pages, 8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Workplace safety co-leads, safety committee members, safety champions and frontline workers and supervisors

Best used:
Conduct onsite walk-throughs for Environmental Services teams. Use this checklist of 33 potential hazards to identify an issue, propose solutions and take action to resolve the problem.

 

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Make the Workplace Safer: Computer Users

Submitted by Paul Cohen on Wed, 08/31/2016 - 17:46
Region
National
Program-wide
Tool Type
Checklists
Format
PDF
Topics
Workforce of the Future
Workplace Safety
WPD Checklist_Computer Users

A hands-on checklist of 32 potential hazards computer users and office workers may encounter on the job—with advice on how to spot hazards, propose solutions and take steps to eliminate risks.

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Make the Workplace Safer: Computer Users

Format:
PDF

Size:
Five pages, 8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Workplace safety co-leads, safety committee members and safety champions

Best used:
This checklist of 32 potential hazards can help workplace safety leaders and workers conduct onsite walk-throughs and identify safety risks for computer users and office staff.

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Make the Workplace Safer: Clinical Lab Staff

Submitted by Paul Cohen on Tue, 08/30/2016 - 18:09
Tool Type
Checklists
Format
PDF
Topics
Workplace Safety
wps_clinical lab checklist_071916

This hands-on checklist identifies 29 safety hazards clinical lab workers may encounter—and shows how workplace safety leaders and workers can take steps to eliminate them.

Non-LMP
Tool landing page copy (reporters)

Format:
PDF

Size:
Six pages, 8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Workplace safety co-leads, safety committee members, safety champions, and frontline workers and supervisors

Best used:
To conduct onsite walkthroughs and identify safety risks in clinical labs. 

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Why We Speak Up

Submitted by tyra.l.ferlatte on Mon, 08/29/2016 - 17:33
Region
Southern California
Keywords
rounding
peer rounding
Topics
Culture
Workplace Safety
Role
Frontline Managers
Frontline Workers
Hank
Summer 2016
Long Teaser

Workplace injuries vanish almost entirely after these pharmacy workers find their voice—and begin peer rounding. 

Communicator (reporters)
Sherry Crosby
Editor (if known, reporters)
Tyra Ferlatte
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Workplace injuries vanish almost entirely after these pharmacy workers find their voice
Byline
Sherry Crosby
Story body part 1

Angela Chandler and Nee Tang, Pharm.D., didn’t like what they were seeing.

The team co-leads for the West Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Pharmacy crouched beside Camille Wong, scrutinizing her posture as the pharmacist and UNAC/UHCP member sat typing at her computer.

After a quick huddle, the pair worked together to adjust Wong’s chair until she was sitting in the ideal position to protect her from pain—and a potential injury.

“I didn’t know I could adjust my chair this way. It feels good,” Wong said appreciatively, her feet resting flat on the floor and her legs bent at the appropriate 90-degree angle.

Shift in culture

Such peer safety rounds are one of the hallmarks of a dramatic shift in culture for the team, a shift that has built engagement and created a workplace where frontline workers feel confident speaking up. The department went 3½ years without injuries and earned a national workplace safety award earlier this year.

“We’re all in it together, and we’re all here for each other,” says Chakana Mayo, a pharmacy technician and UFCW Local 770 member who is the team’s workplace safety champion.  

But the situation was not always so bright.

In 2011 and 2012, the department experienced a spate of workplace injuries. Employees, who spend most of their time on phones and computers, were sometimes reluctant to report pain—including one who suffered a repetitive motion injury so severe that it required two surgeries and time off from work.

“It was really a wake-up call,” says Tang, a pharmacy supervisor and the team’s management co-lead. “We needed to make sure that everyone feels comfortable enough to speak up when they have a problem.”

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